Spirit-condenser



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"F. SONIER.

SPIRIT CONDENSER.

No. 310,963. Patented Jan 20, 1885 E 1 J0 VB 7.5.

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FRANK SONIER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

SPIRIT-CONDENSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,963, dated January 20. 1885.

Application filed October 13, 1964. (X0 model.)

T0 to whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK SONIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in SpiritOondensers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a spirit-condenser, and has for its object the provision of means whereby neutral spirits can be produced of high proof and of superior quality; and my improvement has the further object of so forming the condenser that its several parts and connections can all be readily nnshipped and taken apart for the purpose of cleansing and repairing, all as hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,in

which similar letters indicate like parts on each figure, Figure 1 is an outside view ofmy invention, parts being broken away to show the interior construction. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 00 00, Figs. 1 and 6. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the separator. Fig. iisa side view of the inner cylinder. Fig. 5 is a detail view ofthevapor-pipe. Fig. 6 is a top view of the main cylinder. Fig. 7 represents a brace.

In the drawings, A is the tank, having an opening for a water-supply pipe, 0., and an orifice inits bottom for the stem of the separator.

B is a cylinder, smaller in diameter than A, and in practice inclosed within said tank, lea ing an intermediate space or water-wall,

G is another cylinder, smaller in diameter than 13, designed to be placed within the cylinder B, and provided with exterior lugs, Z, for a purpose to be hereinafter explained; The interior'space occasioned by the diametrieal difference of the cylinders B 0 forms the va por-chamberV \V.

D is an inlet-pipe, through which the vapors enter within the cylinder B from the spiritcolumn, to which it is connected. The cylinder B has a'separable bottom, funnel'shaped, as

- shown,which constitutes the separator 13, and

has aperipheral flan ge, p f,furnished with bolts I), or the like, which engage with the coincident ring or peripheral annular flange b and lugs 1) upon the lower edge of the cylinder B, and comprises a device for her1neticallylocking together the separator B to the main part of the cylinder 13, as plainly shown in the drawings. Said locking device admits the two parts being disconnected, as will be read- 11 y understood. The separator B has orifices b b, for passage of the inlet water-pipes P P, which extend through said separator, and has a hollow stem or pipe,s, screw-threaded on its outside, through which the low-wines flow back to the column when separated fromthe condensed vaporized spirits. "he dome or cap B of the cylinder B has a central orifice, o, for the passage of the vapor-pipe V, and two other orifices, in U, through which pass the outlet water pipes P P, led from the inner cylinder, 0, and attached to its doine c, as shown. The cylinder 0 is provided with a cap or dome, c, and a bottom, 0, each of which has acoincident orifice for reception ofthe vapor-pipe V. Said pipe V has a lower outwardly-eXt-ending fiange, f, which serves the purpose of making it fit upwardly, firmly seated against the bottom 0. From its lower end the pipe V tapers upwardly to the shoulder or fia1igef,the distance between the lower flange, f, and the upper one, f, being the length of the cylinder G. Above the fiangef is a continuation forming a pipe, V P, screwthreaded exteriorly, as shown, for obvious purposes. lVhen in position the space be tween the inner surface of the wall of the cylinder O and the outer surface of the vaporpipe V forms a chamber, \V O, which, when the device is in operation, is supplied with water through the inlet-pipes P P, the hot or waste water from said chamber V G being drawn off through the eduction-pipes P P. The inlet-pipes P P are provided with collars p 0, divided diagonally in opposite oblique inclines. The upper part of each of said collars is permanently attached to a respective pipe. The lower section of said collars forms a loose sleeve, and it will be seen from the drawings that the permanently-attached portions of the collars rest snugly against the inner surface of the separator, the loose sections being adjusted around the pipes P P on the outside of the separator after they have passed through the orifices Z) I). The

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induction and eduction pipes P I are screwthreaded to receive nuts or couplers n. The projecting lugs Z upon the outer wall of the cylinder G extend outwardly, and in practice rest against or nearly against the interior of the cylinder B within the vaporavall V V, and their function is to prevent collapse in case of a tendency to vacuum when the device is in operation.

a n if 01 are respectively screw threaded nuts or couplers for attachment to the respect ivc screw-threaded pipes, serving the pur.- pose of bolting the cylinder 0 within the cylinder B, and for coupling the vapor-pipe V to the pipe leading to the worm, and for coupling the outflow-stem of the separator to a return-pipe, these latter connections not being shown in the drawings. Said nuts or couplers may be supplied with washersas, for instance, a wwhere required.

I] is a brace which serves the purpose of holding down the cylinder B within the tank A.

Operation: The device being firmly connected together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the main supply cock is opened and water flows into the tank A through the pipe (1, filling said tank. At the same time water is caused to flow through the inlet-pipes P P, which in turn iills all the space within the cylinder 0, forming therein a complete water-jacket, \V O. Spirit-vapor is then caused to enter from the still or column through the pipe D, and passesinto the space V \V between the two cylinders B and G, and downward into the separator B. In its passage said vapor becomes cooled and condensed, so that the aqueous or heavier portion thereof forming thelowwines will pass outwardly through the pipe 8 of the separator, while the lighter or volatile portion will enter the vapor-pipe V and pass therein upward. \Vhilein transit upwardly through said vapor-pipe further condensation will takeplaee by reason of the water led within the cylinder G through the inlet-pipes P P, and any low -wines thus formed will pass downwardly, and thence be returned for redistillation through the separator-stem s.

Attempts have heretofore been made to condense spirits at low temperature by admitting said vapor into a chamber provided with a group of water-pipes, and to such I lay no claim, the gist of my invention being that the vapor shall be first led into a vaponchambcr, as V 7, said chamber surrounded by an exterior water-wall, as IV, and an interior waterchamber, as IV C, and that the final outflow of the doubly-condensed vapor shall be through a conduit, as V, placed within such interior water-chamber, as \V O, by which means a large body of water continuously surrou nds all the vapor during its passage from its induction to its eduction, whereby double condensation is effected, as fully described, and illustrated in the drawings.

XVhat I claim is- 1. A spirit-condensing apparatus having an outer tank provided with suitable water-supply pipe, within which is a cylinder, B, having a removable funnel-shaped bottom, B, in combination with an interior cylinder, 0, provided with water induction and eduction pipes P P and vapor-pipe V, all arranged as described, as and for the purpose intended, substantially as described.

2. In a spirit-condensing apparatus, the cylinder B, having dome B, provided with orifices v w w and vapor-inlet pipe D, and further provided with a removable funnel-shallfid bottom, B, having hollow stem .9 and orifices b I)", as and for the purpose intended, substantially as described. 7

3. In a spirit-condensing apparatus, the removable vapor-pipe V, tapering in form from its lower part, having a lower outwardly-extending flange, f, and an upper outwardly-extending flange, f, and having a straight tubular upper extension, V P, outwardly screwthreaded, adapted to receive a nut, a, in conr bination with cylinders B and C, substantially as described.

4. In a spirit-condensing apparatus, the cylinder 0, having a cap or dome, 0, provided with outlet-pipes P P, and a central opening for pipe V P, and a bottom provided with central opening for reception of vapor-pipe V and water-inlet pipes P P, substantially as described.

5. In a spirit-condensing apparatus, the inner cylinder, 0, having downwardly-extending water-inlet pipes P P, provided with sectional collars p 0, divided obliquely at or near the middle, the upper sections of which are permanently attached to said pipes, the lower sections of which are adaptable to embrace the ends of said pipes after passing through the orifices b If of the separator B, in combination with said separator, substantially as described.

6. A spirit-condensing apparatus consisting of the separable tanks and cylinders, with attachments, as described, provided with obliquely divided collar 1) c, and nuts n for connecting pipes P P to separator 13, and nuts 11, for connecting said separator to tank A, and nuts n, for connecting pipes P to dome B and nut 11/, for connecting pipe V P to said dome, all in combination with a suitable brace, as E, for securely fastening the several con nected parts within a tank, A, substantially as described.

7. A spirit-condensing apparatus consisting of the following elements: an exterior easing or tank, A, having a water-supply pipe, a, within which is a cylinder, B, having dome B", carrying spirit-induction pipe D, and central opening for passage of vapor-pipe V I, and having a removable funnel-shaped bottom, B, with a low-wine return-pipe, s, the two parts provided with coincident periph eral flanges 1) f b and locking devices 1) b the space between said cylinder B and tank A forming a water-jacket, \V, the inner smaller IOC cylinder, 0, with bottom 0, having central the brace E, all arranged as set forth and opening for reception of Vapor-pipe V and shown, and adapted to be connected and disdownwardly-e'xtending Water-inlet pipes P P, connected by adjustment of the nuts an n a, and having dome or cap 0, with opening" for and sectionally-divided collar 1) c, as and for 5 passage of extensionVPof vapor-pipe V, the the purpose intended, substantially as de- 15 space between the cylinders B O constituting scribed.

vapor jacket V NV, the vapor-pipe V with FRANK SONIER. lower and upper flanges, f f, the space out- Vitnesses: side of said Vapor-pipe, when in place within H. M. SHERMAN,

10 the cylinder 0, forming water-chamber W 0, Isaac J. LEVINSON. 

